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New triterpene saponins from Stenocereus eruca (Cactaceae)

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Two new triterpene saponins, named stellatoside B (1) and erucasaponin A (2), were isolated from a cactaceous plant, Stenocereus eruca A. C. Gibson & K. E. Horak (Machaerocereus eruca Br. & R.). The structures of 1 and 2 were elucidated as 3-O-β-d-xylopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-d-glucuronopyranosyl stellatogenin and 3-O-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-[α-l-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→3)]-β-d-glucuronopyranosyl betulinic acid 28-O-α-l-rhamnopyranosyl ester, respectively, on the basis of their spectroscopic data.

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  1. Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 1-22-1 Noshio, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo, 204-8588, Japan

    Sachie Okazaki, Kaoru Kinoshita, Kiyotaka Koyama & Kunio Takahashi

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    Hiroshi Yuasa

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Okazaki, S., Kinoshita, K., Koyama, K. et al. New triterpene saponins from Stenocereus eruca (Cactaceae). J Nat Med 61, 24–29 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11418-006-0014-x

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